Action for Children

Team Manager Fostering and Adoption

| Action for Children

Action for Children are seeking a Team Manager for our Fostering Team in the Exeter/Devon area. The postholder will oversee the standards compliance, safeguarding and sustainability needs of fostering services within South West England . The postholder will be part of the senior management group within England Fostering Services and work to Action for Children’s Fostering Service Manager. The role involves the leadership of a dedicated team and maintaining a strong team culture.  The postholder will provide direction to a range of professional social work, health and business support staff and work in partnership with marketing and central AFC staff to maintain sustainable services.

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Head of Legal Aid and Billing

| Coram CLC

This role will provide leadership and management for CCLC particularly focused on the Legal Practice Unit’s legal aid billing operations. Through systematic and efficient management, the post-holder will play a pivotal role in CCLC’s financial and operational sustainability. The role will be accountable for maximising the unit’s legal aid billing in controlled work, certificated work and inter partes costs and will hold responsibility for the unit’s billing systems. It will also be responsible for private fees billing. The post-holder will oversee the smooth running of legal aid billing including through line management of the billing team. The post-holder will work very closely with legal, operations and administrative staff. The role will act as a key point of contact for a range of internal and external stakeholders including Coram’s central finance team who will support the role with grant fund management and overall accounting functions for CCLC. The post-holder will support the Managing Director of Legal Practice and Children’s Rights and department heads in the successful maintenance of our relationship with the Legal Aid Agency. Where appropriate they will be deputising for the Managing Director on legal aid and financial matters.

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Senior Billing Officer and Coordinator

| Coram CLC

This role will coordinate, oversee and supervise the Legal Practice Unit’s legal aid billing operations. Through systematic and efficient management, the post-holder will play an important role in CCLC’s financial and operational sustainability. Working with the Managing Director of Legal Practice, the Heads of Department and Coram’s central finance team, the key objective of the role is to help maximise the unit’s legal aid billing in controlled work, certificated work and inter partes costs. It will also oversee private fees billing. The post-holder will oversee the smooth running of legal aid billing. In this role, the post-holder will work very closely with legal, operations and administrative staff. The role will act as a key point of contact for a range of internal and external stakeholders including Coram’s central finance team who will support the role with grant fund management and overall accounting functions for CCLC. The post-holder will support the Managing Director of Legal Practice and Children’s Rights and department heads in the successful maintenance of our relationship with the Legal Aid Agency.

Together Trust

Senior Practitioner - Supervising Social Worker

| The Together Trust - Fostering Team

We are looking for a Senior Practitioner - Supervising Social Worker to join our independent fostering agency. The role will include all the core supervising social work functions and tasks within an independent fostering agency to be undertaken to a high standard, including more complex work, Form F fostering assessments, and contributing to the future development and sustainability of the fostering agency. The postholder will contribute to and help to develop our fostering service, including as appropriate, supervisory responsibilities for other social work practitioners, support workers and students where appropriate. The postholder will work within the policy framework of the Together Trust Fostering Service and take responsibility for the supervision of foster carers to ensure they safeguard and protect the children and young people in their care. Safeguarding children and young people is a priority for all our employees.

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Independent Social Work Assessor

| Barnardo's Adoption Midlands & South West

Barnardo’s wish to recruit Independent Social Workers to help with our adoption work in the East & West Midlands, Birmingham, Thames Valley, Bristol, Wiltshire, Somerset and Dorset areas. We are looking for qualified and experienced Social Workers who have experience of carrying out adoption assessments. The role will include initial visits to prospective adopters, completing full adoption assessments and writing AARs (Adoption Assessment Reports), reporting to Panel, and occasional additional work to support our families, such as attending reviews or matching panels.

CoramBAAF

Programme and Partnerships Officer (RJFN)

| CoramBAAF

We are looking for an organised, collaborative and proactive Programme & Partnerships Officer to provide the coordination and delivery capacity that will help RJFN strengthen its national network and deliver its programme of work across advocacy, policy and practice development, research, training and member engagement.
Working closely with the RJFN Chair, members and partners, the postholder will support member engagement, build and maintain partnerships, organise events and communications, and help monitor the network’s reach and impact. This is a varied role with significant autonomy and an opportunity to help shape a growing national network.